Florida's cottage food law (FS 500.80) lets Collier County residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from their home kitchen without a state food permit, as long as annual gross sales of cottage food products stay at or below $250,000.
Under FS 500.80, a cottage food operation may produce shelf-stable foods (baked goods, jams, candies, dry mixes and similar) in an unlicensed home kitchen and sell them directly to consumers, including online with in-state shipping. The operation is exempt from the state permitting requirements of FS 500.12 provided it complies with the statute and its annual gross sales of cottage food products do not exceed $250,000. Products must be properly labeled, including the operator's name and address and a statement that the food is made in a cottage food operation not inspected by the state. Because state law preempts this area, Collier County cannot require a separate food permit, though a general Business Tax Receipt and home-occupation zoning rules still
Exceeding $250,000 in sales or selling prohibited (potentially hazardous) foods ends the exemption, subjecting the operation to full FS 500.12 permitting and enforcement by the Department of Agriculture.
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